Warping-beam.



E. L. BESSE.4

WARPNG BEAM. APPLICATION FILED DEC.I5| l9l5. 1,265,292. i l Patented May 7,1918.

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EDWARD L. BESSE, or EAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

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t such as are commonly used in textile manufacture in transporting warp or yarn from one mill to another. j

The primary object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction of warping beam in which the shaft which supports the barrel during the winding and unwinding of the warp yor yarn may be readily removed or replaced. This enables the comparatively heavy shaft to be removed during transportation, economy in weight and space, and also enables the same shaft, to be used with different beam barrels with a resulting reduction in the number ofshafts required. It is a further object of the invention to otherwise improve and simplify .the construction of the warping beam whereby its strength and,

l durability are increased. To these ends the invention comprises the features of construction and combinations of parts' hereinafter described and set yforth in the claims.

The severalfeatures of the invention are illustrated in the accompanyin drawings, in which Figure 1 is a longitudlnal vertical section ofthe improved warping beam, and Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the warping beam. l

In the preferred form ofthe invention the barrel and heads of the beam are built up upon metallic bearings in which the beam shaft is centered and removably secured. A bearing 10 is locatedj at leach end of the beam, and has a cylindrical body portion 12 upon which the beam headsg14 are mounted andsecured. A circumferential ange 16 pro-v jects out from the body portion of the bearing and serves to support and center the' end of the barrel 18. Each'bearing has a rcentral conicalv bore 20 in which the shaft 22 may be removably mounted and' centered. The lbore 20, flange v16, and body portion 12 are finished concentric with one another so that the barrel built up on the bearings Specification of Letters Patent.

with a resultingy l and reinforce the ends of the lagging.

Patented May 7, 1918.

Application led December'l, 1915. Serial No. 66,967.

will be concentric with the shaft when it is secured within the bearings.

The barrel 18 consists of lagging 24 which is secured around the periphery of a series of circular supporting disks 26. The lagging 24 and disks 26 are usually constructed of wood and are secured together by the ordinary fastenings', such as nails, or screws.

In the preferred form of the invention the two end disks 26 are arranged to abut against the faces of the ianges 16, and another disk 26 is located approximately midway between the end disks, the number of,

supporting disks employed depending upon the length of the beam.

The heads 14 are usually built up of several layers of wood and have central bores 28 which vlit over the body portions 12 of the bearings 10. A peripheral groove 30 is vformed in each of the heads for the usual friction bands. To protect and reinforce its l inner face and edge, each head is provided on its inner side with a thin metal disk 32, the edge of which is spun or otherwise bent to form a narrow flange embracing the periphery of the head inside of the groove 30. The outer surface and edge of each head may be and preferabl is reinforced and protect-- 1 ed by a similar disk applied to the outer side of the head and' having a flange embracing the head outside the groove 30.

The heads, barrel and bearings, are held firmly together by means of a series of bolts 34 which run from one head entirely, through.

the other head. These bolts serve/to clamp the heads upon the bearin s l0 and against the ends of the barrel 18. t pact,

strong structure which does not depend upon the shaft for holdingthe parts together or in central alinement. The bearing mainhis gives a comtains the centering and rigidity of the parts and the flange 16 projects out under and flush with the end of the barrel to support The shaft 22 has a fixed cone 38 near one end and nut 40 near the other end. A loose cone 424 is employed adjacent the nut 40 so that the shaftA may be placed through the which the warping beamsare tobe used,

since the shaft can be removed for thetransportation of the beam and another shaft inserted when the yarn or warp is to be taken from the beam. The Vremoval of the shaft also materially reduces the weight lto be transported, as well as the space required for their transportation.

Ijn the specification and claims, portions of the beam have been described as constructed of wood, but this term is not to be construed as a term of limitation, but merelyv as a term of description, since obviously any of the well known substitutes for Wood could be used.4 Wood has been employed in the coning anges to support the ends of the barrel, and body portions; heads mounted on the body portions with their inner faces against the bearing flanges and the ends of the barrel; and means to clamp the barrel heads and bearings together.

2. A warping beam comprisinga barrel,

wooden heads mounted at the ends ofthe barrel, band grooves formed near the center of the peripheral faces of the heads, and metallic reinforcing disks on the sides of the head, said disks having their edges bentover to embrace the edges of the heads 'and extending to the edges of the groove.

3. A warping beam comprising a hollow barrel, bearings having flanges for supporting the ends of the barrel, wooden heads centered on the bearings, thin metal disks on yopposite sides of the heads with their edges the ends of the barrel, heads mounted on the body portions of the bearings, and bolts eX- tending from one head through the other to clamp the heads against the ends of the barrel. v n

EDWARD L. BESSE.' 

